ISLAMIC, Fatimids. al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah, AH 411-427 / AD 1021-1036. Dinar (Gold, 25 mm, 4.11 g, 3 h), first series, al-Mansuriya, AH 420 = 1029/30. Two concentric circles of inscription around a two-line central inscription, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / ʿAlī walī Allāh’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Ali is the friend of Allah’ in Arabic); inner inscription, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him’ in Arabic); outer inscription, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth’ in Arabic). Rev. Two concentric circles of inscription around a two-line central inscription, ‘al-Ẓāhir li-Iʿzāz Dīn / Allāh amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘al-Zahir li-Iʿzaz Din Allah, Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic); inner inscription, ‘ʿabd Allāh wa waliyyuhū ʿAlī Abu’l-Ḥasan al-imām’ (‘The servant of Allah and His friend, ʿAli Abu’l-Hasan, the Imam’ in Arabic); outer inscription, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi al-Manṣūriya sana ʿishrīn wa arbaʿa [miʾa]’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in al-Mansuriya in the year 420’ in Arabic). Album 714.1. Rare. Somewhat wavy, otherwise, good fine.